Does this Goodwin Keefe look legit?

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Posted By: <b>James Feagin</b><p>Opinions please, and if legit what is the value in said condition?<br /><br /><img src="http://i12.ebayimg.com/04/i/07/28/b1/4b_1.JPG"><br /><br /><img src="http://i22.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/26/4d/ee_1.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>B.C.Daniels</b><p>too bleach out like reprints unless the scan contrast is just weird.

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Posted By: <b>steve f</b><p>from the Library of Congress collection; red flags; The red stripes and greenish sky. The white card back... Check the print dots for inconsistencies. Good luck<br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1147826345.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1147826557.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>James Feagin</b><p>Definitely a fake, thanks a lot guys! Almost bid on a bad one.<br /><br />James

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Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>Dont know why you think its a fake?<br /><br />Top one Looks good to me in every way. I bid but it went over my snipe.<br /><br />The dark staining front and back and stuck white paper (or paper lose) on bottom left is 100% in line, and the surface wear (tiny white spots) on front and on right edge of picture and surface wear to the back and the corner wear looks 100% OK too. The 2 cracks at top right side near the big white dot looks OK too and consistant with this issue. Surface chipping (large and small dots of white) is a problem with this issue.<br /><br /><br />IMO I think the Library of Congress card has too much yellow color to the scans.<br /><br />Here is another one that is SGC-50, next to the one on eBay tonight. All scanners and scans are slightly different.<br /><br /><img src="http://members.aol.com/canofprimo/keefe.jpg"> <img src="http://members.aol.com/canofprimo/keefe2.jpg"><br />Frank

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Posted By: <b>Judge Dred (Fred)</b><p>The item description or check out section indicates that there is NO RETURN on this item. That's a red flag but when I contacted the seller they said that they'd refund the winning bid amount if the card was a reprint. It was less than $300 so it's kind of a scarey proposition.<br /><br />With all that said I believe it's REAL. It's a bit hard to determine by looking at the scan but it does look real (I guess a lot of reprints on ebay do look a bit real). I would have bid on that card if the seller would have provided a larger scan of the card as I had requested. I sure hope it's real for the buyer's sake - nobody likes those kinds of headaches.

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>It doesn't look fake to me either.....

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Posted By: <b>Keith O'Leary</b><p><P>I've handled a fair number of these and have seen all shades.</P><P>&nbsp;</P>

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Posted By: <b>Harry Wallace (HW)</b><p>It is always more difficult to tell from just a scan, but it looks good to me.

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Posted By: <b>James Feagin</b><p>I think it's a fake because the LOC has a "lithograph and factory" designation, the one for sale does not.<br /><br />James

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Posted By: <b>Ben</b><p>Authentic N162's come both with and without the "Geo S. Harris & Sons" line of small text at the bottom. I remember wondering this when I first got a N162 without the line. The Keefe in question is legit, and I think someone got a good deal on it.

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Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>I never knew they came with and without line at bottom. I did a search...<br /><br />Here is a scan (below) of the backs of 3 nonbaseball N162's. I know its not easy to see but 2 dont have the line and 1 does. <br /><br />I still think the Library of Congress scans, even thought they are very high quality, are a bit yellow especially the backs.<br /><br /><img src="http://members.aol.com/canofprimo/n162.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Zach Rice</b><p>It was real and a great price, I was the underbidder <img src="/images/sad.gif" height=14 width=14>